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Jørgensen, B.B. (2006). Bacteria and Marine Biogeochemistry. In: Schulz, H.D., Zabel, M. (eds) Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32144-6_5

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